SKA INSURANCE SURVEYORS AND LOSS ASSESSORS PRIVATE LIMITED vs REGIONAL DIRECTOR (NORTHERN REGION), MINISTRY OF CORPORATE AFFAIRS & ANR.

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$~50 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI % Decided on: 19.11.2025 + W.P.(C) 17574/2025 SKA INSURANCE SURVEYORS AND LOSS ASSESSORS PRIVATE LIMITED .....Petitioner Through: Mr. Varun Mudgil, Mr. Rakesh Kumar, Ms. Eti Kushwaha, Ms. Garima Anand, Advocates. versus REGIONAL DIRECTOR (NORTHERN REGION), MINISTRY OF CORPORATE AFFAIRS & ANR. .....Respondents Through: Mr. Akshit Mohan, Mr. Shashank Kapoor, Mr. Shashank Kapoor, Mr. Aman Naqvi, Advocates for R-1. Ms. Shiva Lakshmi, Mr. Madhav Bajaj, Mr. Vivek Mathur, Advocates for UoI. Mr. Vijit Singh, Advocate for R-2. CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE PRATEEK JALAN PRATEEK JALAN, J. (ORAL) CM APPL. 72584/2025 (for exemption) Exemption allowed, subject to all just exceptions. The application stands disposed of. W.P.(C) 17574/2025 & CM APPL. 72583/2025 (interim relief) 1. The petitioner has approached this Court under Article 226 of the Constitution, against an order passed by the Regional Director, Ministry Signature Not Verified Signed By:SOMYA W.P.(C) 17574/2025 Page 1 of 7 SATIJA Signing Date:21.11.2025 11:31:37 of Corporate Affairs, Delhi, [“RD”] under Section 16(1)(a) of the Companies Act, 2013 [“the Act”], by which the petitioner has been granted a period of three months to change its name in accordance with the process prescribed under the said Act. 2. Section 16(1) of the Act reads as follows: “16. Rectification of name of company.—(1) If, through inadvertence or otherwise, a company on its first registration or on its registration by a new name, is registered by a name which,— (a) in the opinion of the Central Government, is identical with or too nearly resembles the name by which a company in existence had been previously registered, whether under this Act or any previous company law, it may direct the company to change i